We would consume less energy to heat homes and business therefore less pollution.
. We would have a longer growing season, less crop failure, maybe two crops a year.,
. We would reduce imports of food products grown in the south, we can grow them in Canada.
. We could move crop production further north.
. We could finally open the North West Passage Posted 01/02/08 at 10:04 PM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .

Jim Thomas Live

I live in Boston and just want to tell you how beautiful of an experience it was to see so many Patriot fans unhappy after the Super Bowl, sweet justice my friend. That being said, I believe we've made three great moves since this time last year: Drafting Carriker, drafting Ryan, and hiring Saunders. To me, the obvious is that we have to have an A+ draft and shore up the OLine in free agency. My biggest concern is: What happens to Leonard Little's situation? It seems like he is on the wrong side of 30 and with his off the field issues combined with a huge cap number, maybe cutting LL is our best option. What's the buzz around Rams park about this and the Ike situation? Best, S. Monkey. .

LOCAL VOICES: Emergency workers involved with rescues at Union ...

"The night of the tornado, I carried my wife and my son to my neighbor's house because they had a basement. And I went straight to Union. I saw the UPS truck on its side, so I got out and walked with my flashlight. We started searching rooms and making sure no one was in there. Everyone was helping out. As a police officer, you become cynical about human nature. And it was good to see the good side of people. At one point, when the next storm front was headed our way, I thought about safety. I used to not be afraid of storms, but now I am because you can't get away from them. They're so random."

- Jackson police Sgt. Phillip Whitman, 17 years with the department

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MIDDLEPORT: Roy-Hart facilities project shot down

The 2007 Royalton-Hartland Central School District Facilities Project is dead.Residents voted 385-331 against the renovation and expansion project that would have raised taxes approximately 17 cents more per $1,000 of assessed value.The total cost for the project would have been about $15 million, with most being covered by state aid. The amount after the aid would be about $1.4 million, which is the amount that residents would be responsible for and paying through the tax increase. Superintendent Paul Bona said the district will try to find out what parts of the project residents did not like."At this point, I'm asking the board, as they're out and about in the community, to try and get a sense of particular areas that may have caused this defeat," Bona said. "We have to assess it. It was close, if the board of education is able to get a pulse ...

Lawn to Farm: Suburbia’s Silver Lining

I look at the empty countryside around our farm and can't help but wish it were as thick with people as when my grandparents made a living here. Until recently, though, the kindest name the rest of the world had for this wish was "nostalgia."

A century ago, almost 40 percent of the United States population worked on farms. But with industrialization, millions of farm folk, their labor cheapened, headed to the city for better wages. That tide continued until fewer than 2 million farmers — less than 1 percent of the country's population — remain today.